| Rite² | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Julian Cope |
| Cover: | Julian Cope - Rite 2.jpg |
| Released: | May 1997 |
| Studio: | Nolatone Harveytron Foundation |
| Genre: | Ambient, krautrock |
| Length: | 55:14 |
| Label: | Head Heritage |
| Producer: | Julian Cope |
| Prev Title: | Interpreter |
| Prev Year: | 1996 |
| Next Title: | Odin |
| Next Year: | 1999 |
Rite² is an ambient music album by Julian Cope, released in 1997. It is technically Cope's fourteenth solo album, but is also the follow-up to the earlier album Rite (released in 1992 and credited to "Julian Cope & Donald Ross Skinner") and is the second in the Rite series.
For Rite², Cope collaborated extensively with synthesizer player Thighpaulsandra (Coil, Spiritualized) although the album was credited to Cope alone. The album has been described as a tribute of sorts to Krautrock bands such as Amon Düül II and Tangerine Dream and is based on the sound of the Mellotron and the wah-wah guitar, although it also employs miscellaneous tone generators the ARP 2600 synthesizer and the Hammond B3 organ, as well as vocal chants.[1] [2] [3]
Rite² was the debut release on Cope's Head Heritage label, which would be the home of almost all of his future recordings.
John Bush of Allmusic called Rite² "one of Julian Cope's most consistent works" and commented: "Instead of leaping to and fro between undeniably catchy synth-pop and fractured end-of-the-century prog, Cope sticks to the prog and comes out better for it."[4]
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[5]
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